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Quick Look Tool

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/* Introduction */
The Quick Look tool is designed to allow users to quickly assess the quality of their data. It automatically produces simple 1D extractions of science data with a reasonable guess for the target of interest (selectable as either the highest peak or the most central peak in the spatial direction); attempts a sky subtraction using two sidebands (which will also subtract the bias from the raw frame), and produces a 1D extraction.
For arcs, automatic wavelength calibration is attempted. The accuracy of this is appropriate for the spirit of a quick look tool and is typically ~2A. This allows the observer to check that the wavelength range of interest is being covered and to identify spectral features in science spectra. This is not intended to be a final science-quality level reduction and there are a number of caveats on the extraction and calibration process listed below. However, for some users, this may be entirely sufficient for their science needs. Even if it is not precise enough, it can be used as a starting point for a more careful reduction and notes on this are given belowhere https://topswiki.saao.ac.za/index.php/Using_QL_outputs.
<gallery>FullSci.png|Overview of GUI</gallery>
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